Pastoral Days
by Hellings, Mary Louisa
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Privately Printed, 1945. First. Hard Cover. Yes. First edition (stated). Slim 8vo. in green cloth. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "Presented with sincere best wishes--Mary Louise Hellings" and with a small floral die-cut applique beneath. Illustrated by the author. Scarce collection of short verse pieces by this noted poet and horticulturist from the small Delaware Rive hamlet of Titusville, New Jersey. Fine in dust jacket with shallow chipping about the edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E5985
- Title
- Pastoral Days
- Author
- Hellings, Mary Louisa
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Yes
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Poets, Poems, Verse, New Jersey, Titusville, garden State, Horticulture, Gardening, Wome Authors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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